Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 11, 2012
One of the activities in the next few sols we are looking forward to include using the video facility on MastCam to observe a transit of Phobos across the Sun. Phobos is one of the 2 moons of Mars, thought to be primitive asteroidal type bodies captured in the orbit of Mars.
We have new MAHLI (close up imager) views around the rover. If you look at the wheels of Curiosity taken with MAHLI – ‘JPL’ is spelt out, but in morse code.
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This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...
I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions. You can also follow the planetary science activities with @LeicsPlanets
Professor John Bridges, School of Physics and Astronomy
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